Jose Mourinho: I would’ve needed a Black and Decker to break down West Ham – but Big Sam ‘couldn’t give a sh***’

An exasperated Jose Mourinho said he would have needed a Black and Decker drill to break down West Ham’s stubborn defence after the Portuguese’s side slipped up in the title race.

But Mourinho’s moaning was brushed off by West Ham boss Sam Allardyce, who said he ‘couldn’t give a sh***’.

Mourinho’s men failed to find a way through a dogged Hammers rearguard at Stamford Bridge as the Blues drew 0-0 to lose ground on Manchester City, who went top of the table following a 5-1 victory at Tottenham.

Spanish goalkeeper Adrian was unbeatable as he tipped an Oscar shot onto the bar and kept out efforts from John Terry, Samuel Eto’o and Frank Lampard.

Mourinho said of the visitors’ ultra-defensive tactics: ‘The only thing I can bring more to win was a Black and Decker. A Black and Decker to destroy the [West Ham] wall.’

And the ‘Special One’ did not mean that as a compliment to Sam Allardyce, adding: ‘This is not Premier League, this is not the best league in the world. This is football from the 19th century.’

Jose Mourinho endured a frustrating night (Picture: AP)

The Portuguese continued: ‘The result is not a good result, I don’t like to speak too much about the referee [Neil Swarbrick].

‘I can speak about the yellow card which was not a yellow card [for a Joey O’Brien tackle on Willian].

‘They defended with their hearts – I respect that and praise that. I don’t think with matches like this we can sell Premier League across the world. My team did everything possible.’

But Allarydyce said: ‘He can’t take it, can he? He can’t take it because we’ve outwitted him. He just can’t cope. He can tell me all he wants, I don’t give a sh***.

‘I love to see Chelsea players moaning at the referee, trying to intimidate him, Jose jumping up and down saying we play crap football. It’s brilliant when you get a result against him. Hard luck, Jose.’

The home side thought they had won it in injury time when Eto’o, believing Adrian had made a misjudgement in placing the ball for a free-kick, tapped into an empty. However, the striker’s cheeky effort was disallowed.

Allardyce said of the incident: ‘Adrian said it was a free-kick. He put the ball down. None of the Chelsea players and Hammers players knew what the referee had said to the keeper.’

West Ham still dropped into the bottom three after Sunderland won at home to Stoke.

However the point at Chelsea is a huge psychological boost for Big Sam’s boys and will give them renewed belief they can beat the drop.